Show The Evening Telegrams Telegram Daily Short Story VALENTINES By CLARENCE MOORE Copyright 1915 b bv by the tho McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate On the morning of or st St. Valentines Valentine's da day tho the board boarders at Mrs Ir Munsons Munson's gathered around tho the long hong table with perhaps n an n unusual Interest In the s 's man mall But the postman was late and breakfast lagged Once or twice Mrs ts Munson had thrust her sharp noso nose Into the room an and had haden Oven even asked Mr Root neat If It there wa was as anything more he Ire wished Now as a matter of fact act Mr A Asa Root Roo ate a a. birdlike breakfast and never noer ha had been ben known to take tako a second helping o or of anything but this morning the postman not having arrived d Mr Ir Root smiled smile blandly at his landlady and Informed ho her hor that he would take a second cup of or coffee coffe Second helpings of or an anything rare at the tho Munson table Mr Ir R Roots Root's Ot's fellow fello boarders bOl grinned nned appreciatively when Solma thudded heavily in with a IL s second cond cup 0 of a muddy ml mixture politely called calle coffee It was notable that th Mr 11 Tr Root never neer even eve glanced danced at the replenished cup His twin kilns blue eyes were cre fixed on the basement basement basement base base- ment window where one could glimpse tho the first appearance of ot the postman's gra ra gray clad logs lo s ere er-c he lie descended Into the area arc wa way Expecting B a t valentine Mr Ir Root asked mischievous Ethel Raymond the little stenographer who was aa to be married married mar mar- ried ned at Easter Mr Ir Root blushed d furiously and looked Into lila his corr coffee c I am looking for tor an ao Important letter he aid ald severely se Valentines are Important teased Ethel for she he liked the tho quiet little gray grayman grayman ra man who ha had 1 been bookkeeper r for tor five ty-five years ears In a downtown warehouse warehouse- Mr Roots Root's bachelor quarters at the top of or tho the house had h b been n spoken of or as ns a amodel amodel amodel model of comfort b by the tho men inca of tho lie Munson Mun Mun- son icon boar hoarding boarding house but hut the tho women would have It that the tho little man must be lonesome lonesome lonesome lone lone- some and ond themselves ell they had h se- se creth decided that t It would be pe a a. fitting romance If It Mr Ir Root married Miss MIs Ida the eho school ll M teacher who sat at atthe atthe the ilie end of the time table Miss once pretty prett now palo pale and tired tirel with rather a distinguished air ar lent Int by her abundant gray ra hair hall aha always s 's Mr 11 Roots Root's accompaniments when i-hien he lie ht his violin down to tho the parlor Theres the tIle postman now ness cried Ethel Raymond eJ eagerly erl A loud knock came at the basement door and Selma plodded slowly to take In iii the llio handful of letters Selma Solma could coulet not r real read lt En Ush so flO th thA mall mail was given Iven into Info Mrs Irs Munsons Munson's toll tol worn hands hand II and that lady lad proceeded to distribute It with slowness A card for Mr Henshaw humph Henshaw-humph humph Its It's only onh an net ad Mr 11 Henshaw Hen pas pasing It Ito o over or r to that tha Indignant voun- voun clerk A A missionary paper panor for t Mrs Dodd Dodd and and a 1 aletter aletter letter from rom your our mother ni Raymond Raymond- and heres here's a R valentine for Miss eld Good land Mrs Munson's Munsons contempt of ol the tender lender missive e was cas only onh exceeded by Ida embarrassment Ono One of or my 01 pupils she sine murmured as 5 she hid It In her lap More 1010 fools tools they commented Mr Mr Mun on tartly tar lo to 10 spend money mOTle on a aha ahn hn ha handsome embo sed d l ke tn ush 11 ll's ils n a comic Heros Hero's a A. valentine for or you Mr fr Root Root Root-I I declare I never see ace Ge such foolishness fool fool- l u I they're comics ehe she challenged h heidI Vel veI likely F saId Id ld Asa Ass Root fleet gravels gravels' For that reason reson Ill Ill I'll not open mine mile until I am am 1101 alone T lt would he r fearfully embar- embar to have o to exhibit It IL I to tho tine whole family Shucks Mr Mr lr Munson I suP up- PP I po ties p you vou feel eel the same wa way Miss Mies lu Wing Wing- 7 7 Ida ln nIcked picked up her lice valentine broke the seal with wih a reverent re finger and pulled cut out a r conco concoction Un of lace laca ganer an r and Ind golden olden hearts and using cu- cu There were roses and forget me riots riots' and anc a arrows scattered catered ev everywhere Ahl Ahi Ah breathed the this excited d table as 11 Miss ld replaced d It i In tho the en- en relone You Tou are arc satisfied Ir Mrs Munson ask fk d Mr tr Root In a rasping tone IM Il like to know who ho sent bent tent It sniffed d Mrs Munson as ns 1 she sho tho wont out and banged the he door after h her r. r dor old Impertinent Insufferable gasped Ira Mra Dodd DOd as sh she followed the are schoolteacher school chol I teacher eacher r out Into the basement hall hail hl wouldn't r remain mAln here a day longer longe only Mrs fri Irs Munson tunan Is an excellent cook cOk and anI as D neat as wax wax wax personally personally l she he is Ie l- l bId She pounded her gold headed cane caneon caneon on the stairs as a she mounted 01 Ida slipped Into her hor warm ii-arni cloak doak and went nt out into tho the snowy 10 streets The wonderful valentine burned against her heart hert she he I Wili Ct all al dO da l tOk is from tuie tle comic one I the r l and an it H i upheld her bet I U with wih her pupils pupi Night Ight fount foun hr her boarding boarding hou house sad and an c fc IEr r l dil i stAr Str like eyes eye and 6 looked positively dead dmd all al Mrs Munson D earns lets Into Int its 1 life with Importance written to i le countenance I Miss lu l ld Fin Fra fr dug but Im I'm Im afraid that 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te I came back to her fac- fac face fac t n I belo td radiant radiant beloved belo tH I Miss Iu WIL 1 I. 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